Table 2.

Compressive mechanical properties of AM-fabricated trabecular Ta scaffolds and human cancellous bone

Testing specimen	Porosity (%)	Yield strength (MPa)	Elastic modulus (GPa)
Ta scaffolds	65	35.7±0.8	3.0±0.2
	75	19.5±0.6	2.2±0.3
	85	11.9±0.5	1.1±0.1
Human cancellous bone	50 – 90	6.6 – 36.2	0.88 – 3.4[2,31-35]